I’m Joseph sort-of of David’s line, apparently. We Jews have long memories, so I guess that’s right. We re-tell our stories. That kept things going in Babylon, but, well. My problem is that I’m what they call a “Mamzer”… something happened way back when. Something happened the wrong side of the blanket — people become “Mamzers” as a result, and we…[Read more]

A SHEPHERD

I really shouldn’t be talking to you. This job, being a shepherd, is really crucial to me. I’m not originally from around these parts, and people in Bethlehem are suspicious of me, being a stranger and all. We’re not really popular in town anyway, smelling of sheep and dirt as you do after a few weeks out here, so I only go there when…[Read more]

I am the song of the Morning Star adorning the darkness of night with the unrestrainable joy of the Eternal.  I am here, blazing across the Heavens kindling a fire that will burn deep – deep and restless in your heart.

I am here to awaken, encourage and disturb you, I am here to guide you to the Holy One who awaits you.   I am the pounding hear…[Read more]

Meditation – The innkeeper’s wife

Hello!  My name is Esther. Job, my husband, owns the Inn in Bethlehem. We’ve been run off our feet in recent weeks, haven’t had time to catch breath.  Still, we mustn’t complain. It’s good to have a little money put by.

All the extra guests have been due to the census taking place. Who would have thought that…[Read more]

My name is Bahman. Now, what’s left of my hair is white, but I remember that journey, many years ago — the first time I’d gone any distance from where I grew up, in Shiraz, in Persia.

Here we are follow the teachings of Zartosht — you might know him as Zarathustra — as we have for generations. Our temple has an “ancient flame” which is the term t…[Read more]

In the lunchtime and evening slots of Journey and Discovery, different people are imagining the Epiphany story through from the perspectives of different characters.

Being different characters in the story is a super way of seeing where it catches. The gospel narratives are all quite short, so there’s an invitation to see what surfaces in…[Read more]